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European Bee-eater
Merops apiaster · Family Meropidae
Merops apiaster
Family Meropidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Meropidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 806,367
- Countries and territories with records
- 139
About this species
This species has 806,367 occurrence records from 139 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Spain (29.3%), South Africa (13.4%), France (13.1%), Portugal (7.4%) and Israel (4.5%); together they account for 67.7% of the total. In Spain, this species accounts for 0.45% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Merops apiaster combines the genus name Merops with the species epithet apiaster. The Warbla app catalog lists 27 species of the genus Merops; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Merops orientalis, Merops ornatus and Merops philippinus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 30 species of the family Meropidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 7.5 times the family average (107,640). The family Meropidae belongs to the order Coraciiformes, which has 171 species in the Warbla app catalog.